Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Murphy, May 30, 1977 Page: 24
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Murphy:And they called you a pourer?
Well, they wouldn't call me that (chuckle), but that's about
what I did. I was more like a circulating nurse. I was
able to go out and get supplies in and do jobs that the doctor
needed, like taking off his gown. I was not a sterile
instrument nurse that helped him with the surgery at all.
And you mentioned the powder awhile ago that he was using
to sterilize these amputations. What was it called?
Sulfanilamide. In fact, sulfanilamide was the pill that
they gave for GC, you know, back in the '40's and the '30's.
Okay, and you mentioned that in this one particular are
where you were working there was just this one surgeon?
No, there were others that came and went; I don't know. I
tell you, I wasn't keeping track of the surgeons. There
was three or four of them in there, but maybe one would go,
and then there might be just one or two; they kind of
drifted around. I think they came into see whatever was
going on, because probably the other surgeries may not have
had so much. But I don't see how they couldn't, because when
I went out and after I picked up an armful of arms and legs
and carried them out trying to clear, you see. . . in fact,
they were amputating legs on stretchers. . . so I was trying
to clear. . . as soon as one was finished, I'd try and clear
it up for another one, and I went out taking an armful of arms
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Murphy, Elizabeth. Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Murphy, May 30, 1977, book, May 30, 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98989/m1/26/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.